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Radiation Source Use and Replacement Abbreviated Version (2008) / Chapter Skim
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... Approximately 5,000 devices containing nearly 55,000 high-activity radiation sources are licensed for use today in the United States. The devices are used for cancer therapy, sterilization of medical devices, irradiation of blood for transplant patients and of laboratory animals for research, nondestructive testing of structures and industrial equipment, and exploration of geologic formations to find oil and gas deposits.
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